Luke Zyla wrote:
"My experience with putting oil in my horn is that it creates an emulsion with
the water vapor and makes it difficult to empty all of the water. The
annoying gurgling becomes maddening."
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Luke,
My experience with oils is that some kinds readily form a cloudy emulsion with
water and other oils do not. An emulsion mess inside of your horn can create a
much worse problem than gumming up your dewatering. Emulsions can gather and
bunch up as gelatinous clumps around your valve clusters and seriously affect
the way the horn plays. A few years back I had an emulsion mess around my Bb
side 2nd valve such that high F# was impossible to play. Once I cleaned my
horn with with fast moving water the problem went away. (And, the gelatinous
mess exited the bell!)
Test for the emulsion forming properties of your oils by putting a drop of the
oil with a couple drops of water between your index finger and thumb, and rub
together for a minute. Ideally, the oil and water maintain separated, however,
some oils form a cloudy emulsion. Keep the latter category of oil away from
your valves!
Regards,
Larry
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